What are the symptoms and treatment of proctitis? What is the best treatment?

Symptoms of proctitis:

1. There are many types of proctitis, so the symptoms vary according to the type. Common proctitis include: acute proctitis, chronic proctitis, radiation proctitis, and tuberculous proctitis.

2. If acute proctitis does not heal for a long time, it will turn into chronic proctitis. If the rectal mucosa and its lower layer are thickened, it is called chronic hypertrophic proctitis; if the intestinal glands and their stroma in the rectum are atrophic and changed, it is called chronic atrophic proctitis.

3. The symptoms of proctitis include diarrhea, abdominal pain, abdominal distension, alternating constipation and diarrhea, and stools containing mucus and blood. Experts explain that patients with proctitis may also show symptoms of rectal bleeding or mucus discharge from the rectum.

Common symptoms:

1. Abdominal pain

There are often abdominal pain symptoms before diarrhea, diarrhea after abdominal pain, and pain relief after diarrhea. The pain is mostly bloating, mostly fixed, mostly confined to the left lower abdomen or left waist and abdomen, and persistent dull pain is not uncommon. Mild cases usually have no abdominal pain.

2. Diarrhea

This is the main symptom of this disease and also a common symptom. It often recurs or persists. In mild cases, it occurs 2 to 5 times a day, and in severe cases, it occurs 20 to 30 times a day. The nature of the stool varies greatly from person to person. It may be soft, watery, or mucous. However, mucous, pus, and blood in the stool are more common, and some may present as dysentery-like pus and blood in the stool.

3. Blood in the stool

One of the main symptoms of proctitis is blood in the stool. In mild cases, the blood will adhere to the surface. In severe cases, the blood will even flow out directly and may even cause shock.

4. Indigestion

These are non-specific symptoms, mainly including anorexia, upper abdominal fullness, nausea and vomiting, belching and acid regurgitation.

5. Constipation

Patients with proctitis need to defecate once every 4-5 days, and they are constipated. In addition, the feces they excrete are like sheep dung, and some patients even need to take laxatives to defecate smoothly.